Ironwood Cider – Session Cider
Cider Profile:
Name: Ironwood Cider – Session Cider
Sampled February 2022
| Brand: Ironwood Cider House Type: Apple – Crisp Location of Brewing: Niagara-on-the-lake, ON ABV: 4.5% Website Link: ironwoodcider.ca Ingredients: Cider, apple juice, sulphites Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/ASize(s) available: 473ml (can) Availability: Ironwood Retail and online stores Flavour: Apple Colour: Transparent straw yellow Carbonation: Large, semi-streaming bubbles |
Cider Crate Tasting Notes:
Smell: Strong aroma, Juicy, bright crisp apples with some tangy elements.
Initial Taste: Light bite from carbonation and some acidic elements. Bright, smooth dessert apples with a slightly tart edge to it. Some tannins.
After Taste: The medium sweetness starts to dissipate and leaves it drier. Has some caramelized finishing notes. Long lasting. Tingly.
On ice: Less sweet and thinner.
Additional Notes: The Session Cider by Ironwood Cider House is a bright, easy to drink, back-sweetened (apple juice added) cider that is very crisp and apple forward. It turns even more dry into the aftertaste but remains very bright and even a bit caramelized. It’s long-lingering with a bit of acidic elements that enhance the brightness. Easy to drink at 4.5% it’s more bright then others we’ve had with a lower ABV. Could be mistaken for a tangy, non-alcoholic apple juice.
Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2.5
Sour – 3
Crisp – 4
Dry – 3.5
Fruity – 3.5
Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Thornbury – Clarke’s Harvest Reserve (2020)
More Sour – Pommies – Farmhouse Cider
More Dry – Duxbury – Heritage 1650
More Crisp – Thornbury – Honeycrisp Cider
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